Casuariiformes: taxon details and analytics
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- Casuariiformes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Casuariiformes
The Casuariiformes is an order of large flightless birds that has four surviving members: the three species of cassowary, and the only remaining species of emu. They are divided into either a single family, Casuariidae, or occasionally two, with the emu splitting off into its own family, Dromaiidae. The IOC World Bird List and Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds of the World both do not recognize Dromaiidae, placing the emu in the family Casuariidae.
All four living members are native to Australia-New Guinea, but some possible extinct taxa occurred in other landmasses.
...Casuariiformes in languages:
- Arabic
- شبنميات
- Bokmål
- Kasuarfugler
- Bulgarian
- Казуароподобни
- Chinese
- 鶴鴕目
- Czech
- kasuáři
- Danish
- Kasuarfugle
- Dutch
- Kasuarissen en Emoes
- English
- Cassowaries and Emu
- Estonian
- Kaasuarilised
- Finnish
- kasuaarilinnut
- French
- Casoars et Émeus
- German
- Kasuare & Emus
- Hebrew
- קזואראים
- Japanese
- ヒクイドリ目
- Modern Greek
- Καζουαριόμορφα
- Polish
- Kazuarowe
- Portuguese
- Casuares e Emus
- Russian
- Казуарообразные
- Thai
- นกแคสโซแวรี นกอีมู
- Ukrainian
- Казуароподібні
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